The journey of the only child of a peasant family to take the imperial examination

On the afternoon of the day they rented the house, everyone moved from the inn to the rented house.

Zhang Ping'an also left a message for the inn's waiter, asking them to go to his new home in Guihua Hutong in the south city if anyone from the Caoyunsi came looking for him.

As the saying goes, a broken home is worth a fortune. There were many things that needed to be bought for a new home. The women went to the grocery store and found that everything was expensive. In the end, one person only spent five cents to buy a big broom and came back.

Li was extremely grateful that there was enough food at the moment, otherwise he would have to eat food at exorbitant prices.

After hearing about the situation of going out to buy things, Zhang took into account the current rent prices in Lin'an City and decided not to take the initiative to treat everyone to a meal. She decided to let each family take care of their own business!

In this meal, except for Zhang Ping'an's family, where Xu generously fried eggs and also cut two taels of meat to stir-fry vegetables, the other families all had vegetable porridge, without even any pickles.

Li plans to buy some of the cheapest radishes and cabbages tomorrow and pickle them. This will go well with rice.

Happiness is achieved through comparison. Compared to his previous escape, Zhang Laoer is very satisfied with his current life. He has food and drink, and does not have to sleep in the open air or worry about war. What's more, his mule is not lost, so he can continue to pull the cart.

Early the next morning, the people from the Grain Transport Bureau came and asked Zhang Ping'an to go over to check the accounts.

Zhang Ping'an was mentally prepared, after all, Lord Zhou really helped a lot.

The other party came in a mule cart. After Zhang Ping'an said something to his parents, he got on the cart and went to the Caoyunsi.

On the way, I asked about Xiao Yifei. The driver also knew him and said with a smile: "The people guarding the boat returned yesterday, but they encountered pirates on the way back. It seems that a few of them were slightly injured. I don't know if he is among them. If you are worried, you can go and check after work tonight."

"Someone dares to rob a canal ship?" Zhang Ping'an was surprised.

The other party was obviously used to it and replied, "They are just greedy people. Food is so precious now. These people don't intend to hurt anyone. They just want to rob the food and resell it at a high price. They are doing a zero-cost business. But we are not pushovers. Lord Zhou has a special skill. These people will not be in trouble!"

When asked in more detail, the other party shook his head and stopped talking. This shows that Lord Zhou is extremely strict with his subordinates, and they are very measured in what they say and do.

After a while, they arrived at the Caoyunsi. There were two rows of people standing guard at the door. The gate was wide, and there were two stone xiezhi placed on both sides of the gate, showing the supreme majesty of the yamen.

After entering the Caoyunsi, there was an even busier scene.

Zhang Ping'an did not see Lord Zhou and was taken directly to a room. The bookshelves, tables and floors were piled with account books, and people were constantly moving them in.

This rhythm is going to tire him to death, Zhang Pingan's vision went dark!

There was only one clean table in the southeast corner of the whole room. There was nothing on it except writing brush, ink, paper and an abacus. It was reserved for him to keep accounts.

The person who brought him here was a little embarrassed and said, "Mr. Zhang, I'll go make you some tea."

Then he slipped away!

There is no other way, just roll up your sleeves and get to work!

Zhang Ping'an took a deep breath and sat down to carefully check each account book.

These accounts are complicated and trivial, and it is easy to make mistakes if you are distracted for a moment, but Zhang Pingan has a strong concentration, and no one can disturb him as long as he is immersed in it.

During this time, officers came in and out from time to time to deliver documents, and they nodded secretly when they saw Zhang Ping'an's focused look.

Nearing noon, Zhang Ping'an felt his eyes were sore. He rubbed his eyes and stretched. Only then did he realize that he was hungry. Just as he was thinking about lunch, a policeman came in and told him that the food was ready in the cafeteria and he could go and eat.

Zhang Ping'an came to the cafeteria and found that the food was not bad. It was not the kind that was just to fill your stomach perfunctorily. Instead, there were meat, vegetables and soup. The simple meals were extremely delicious.

No one in the cafeteria paid attention to him. After eating, Zhang Ping'an hurried back to continue counting the accounts.

He was busy until the evening before he finally sorted out some of the accounts. Zhang Ping'an marked the problematic areas with red marks.

At this time, Lord Zhou's attendant came over and reported today's results. The attendant's eyes were full of praise and he told him that he could go back and rest today.

When Zhang Ping'an walked out of the gate of the Caoyun Division, he found that it was almost dark. Remembering what the coachman said in the morning that Xiao Yifei might be injured, he decided to go see Xiao Yifei first.